'The Voice': Singers not in love with 'Battle Rounds'

by jmaloni

Mon, Mar 12th 2012 12:40 pm

Jordis defeated Brian Fuente in the first "Battle Round" on "The Voice." (photo by Lewis Jacobs/NBC)

Behind the Screens with Joshua
Maloni

In the "Battle Rounds" on "The Voice," coaches Christina
Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine pit their respective team
members up against each other, pick the winners, and thus cut the field in half.

This part of the show is fun for television audiences to
watch, as singers masterfully duke it out for a spot in the live rounds. But
for the performers involved, the process of sending a teammate home is far from
pleasant.

"The battle part of it, it's just not in, I think, any of
our nature as musicians, you know?" Team Blake's Jordis said last week
following her defeat of Brian Fuente. "We do things productively together, and
we learn from each other, and all those things. And it felt like at any point
of this performance was a dark place, and I really didn't ever want to see the
end of it. I'm really, really glad it's over, and I really, really long to see
my friends, (but not) go home at the same time. But I'm ready to move on and,
you know, hopefully I get really, really far."

"We don't do what we do to battle," said Team Christina's
Jesse Campbell. "We do what we do because we love it, and it's from a place of
love, and it's a collaboration."

Through the singers had nothing but kind words for their
departed teammates, they realized someone had to go home - and they weren't
volunteering.

"My personal trainer said, 'Hey Jesse, it's a competition.
You got to go out there and fight, because if you do not, then you can get sent
home and (you) will be on the outside looking in. So, (you) got to do what you
need to do.' " Campbell said.

More amazing sing-offs continue tonight - and more musicians
will be sent home - when "The Voice" airs at 8 p.m. on NBC.